Genus: Escherichia
Classification:
Bacteria;
Proteobacteria;
Gammaproteobacteria;
Enterobacteriales;
Enterobacteriaceae;
Escherichia;
Description:
Escherichia is a genus of Gram-negative, non-spore forming, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria from the family Enterobacteriaceae.They are part of the indigenous intestinal flora of warm-blooded animals; and in the case of E. blattae , of cockroaches.Some of its species also provides a portion of the microbially derived vitamin K for their host . Escherichia spp. is an opportunistic pathogen,some species causes intestinal and extraintestinal diseases. E. coli is responsible for the vast majority of Escherichia-related pathogenesis, other members of the genus have also been implicated in human disease.

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Escherichia blattae Escherichia coli
Escherichia fergusonii Escherichia hermannii
Escherichia vulneris Escherichia coli(inactive)
Escherichia albertii